Coin holder or clip



(No Model.)

W. J. STANTON, Jr. 00m HOLDER OR GLIP.

No. 559,758. Patented May 5, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ W'ILLIAM J. STANTON, JR., OF LYNDON,VERMONT.

COIN HOLDER OR CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,758, dated May 5,1896.

Application filed June 22, 1895. Serial No. 553,751. (No model.)

To asZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. STANTON, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lyndon, in the county of Caledonia and State ofVermont, have invented a new and useful Coin Holder or Clip, of whichthe following is a specification.

The nature of the present invention is an improved holder or clip forsecuring loose papers and coin in piles, and which is equally welladapted for universal application for all purposes for which clips andholders are designed.

The improvement consists of aholder comprising two or more frames whichare positively connected at one side in such a manner that advantage istaken of the torsion of the confined side bar to form a springwherebythe free portions of the said frames are held in closed relation andcaused to grip the articles designed to be held in compact form by meansof the device. has been constructed heretofore, and consists ofsubstantially two parallel frames, which are crossed in reversedirections on one of their adjacent sides, forming a running hinge, saidframes being adapted to separate to admit of articles being placedbetween them, the crossing sides tilting to adapt the frames to the bulkof the articles placed between them. This style of clip has been foundobjectionable because of the absence of permanent connections betweenthe frames. Moreover, the crossing of the frames restricts the use ofthe device to papers and letters and prevents the general application ofthe device, which is the vital feature of the present improvement.

The improvement further consists of the novel features and peculiarformation of the holder, which hereinafter will be more fully set forthand claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of theinvention for holding coin. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing theapplication of the invention for holding papers. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the preferred form of holder, showing the fastener, by means of whichthe frames are positively secured together, opened so as to illustratethe relative A clip of this naturev disposition of the parts. Fig. et isa detail view of a modification; and Fig. 5 is a similar View of afurther modification, showing a series of three frames.

The holder or clip is formed from springwire and comprises a series offrames 1, which may have any desired configuration and be of the same ordifierent relative sizes. For the sake of simplicity in illustration theframes are shown of the same size and of substantially rectangularshape. A side bar of the frames is diagonally disposed, and the endportions 3 of the wire from which the holder is constructed are broughtupon opposite sides of the diagonal bar 2 and are disposed in the sameplane with each other and the said diagonal bar and are held in fixedrelative position by a fastener l, the latter beinga strip of sheetmetal of required length and having its edge portions folded over thediagonal bar 2 and the separated end portions 3 of the wire from whichthe holder is constructed. The end bars of the frames may be straight,or one of the frames may have its end bars deflected, as shown at 5 inFig. 2, this style of holder being best adapted for filing papers andletters.

In Fig, a the end bars of the frames are deflected in oppositedirections between their extremities, as shown at 6, and the outer endportions are oppositely flared, as shown at '7, thereby facilitating theentrance of the papers orarticles to be held together between the saidframes. In Fig. 5 the holder comprises a series of three frames, inwhich instance there will be two diagonallydisposed side bars, which,with the separated end portions of the wire, will be embraced by thefastener a.

Vihile it is preferred to construct the holder from a single length ofwire, it is obvious that different lengths mayenter into the formationof the same. The fastener 4, which is a convenient and ready means forpositively securing the frames together, maybe replaced by any preferredmeans which will effect the same result. The fastener shown and hereindescribed is preferred because of its simplicity and the ease with whichit can be applied and because it admits of the frames turning therein attheir hinged sides to adapt themselves to the direction of strain, aswill be readily understood.

It will be understood that the holder depends for itsefficiency upon thetorsion of the diagonal side bar 2 to compress and bind the frames uponthe articles placed between them. hen the holder is used as a bill-file,the fastener 4 lies flat against the bundle of papers and in the sameplane with one of the frames, while the opposite frame performs thefunction of a binder to secure the papers together. As a coin -holderthe free portions of the frames are separated and the required number ofcoin are forced between the end bars and held between the fastener 4-0none side and the side bars of the frames at approximately oppositepoints.

In embodying the gist of the invention in the different patterns andstyles of holders and clips provided for the various uses for which theinvention is susceptible of application it is clear that changes in theform, proportion, and the-minor detailsof construction may be resortedto without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus described the inventiomavhat is claimed as new is- 1. Aholder for the purposes set forth, comprising oppositely-disposed framesformed fronra single length of spring-wire, a diagonally-disposedtorsion-bar at one side of and integral with the frames, and a fastenerembracing the said torsion-bar and the contiguous portions of theadjacent-frames, substan tially as set forth.

2. A holder substantially as set forth, comprising oppositelydisposedframes formed from a single length of spring-wire and having adiagonally-disposed torsion-bar at one side of and integral with theframes, and a fastener comprising a strip of metal having its edgeportions bent to embrace the said diagonal torsionbar and the adjacentportion of the frames, substantially as set forth;

3-. Aholder comprising oppositely-disposed frames formed from a singlelength of spring- Wire and having a diagonally-disposed torsion-bar atone side of and integral with the frames, and the end portions of theframes contiguous thereto disposed upon opposite sides of the saidtorsion-bar, the end bars being deflected, or bent, and a fastenerpositively connecting the said diagonal bar and the end portionsadjacent thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. STANTON, JR.

Witnesses:

L. F. STANTON, E. E. BAILEY.

